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Chapter 55: Chapter 53 The Path of Cultivation, Full of Obstacles and Hardships!
"Indeed."
"The effect of proactive tempering is very evident."
"However..."
"The pain that needs to be endured is extraordinary!"
Lin Beichen was very satisfied with the outcome of proactively tempering his liver, but at the same time, he was also apprehensive about the pain endured during the process!
At this moment, all the various sensations he had been deliberately suppressing surged forward.
A bout of dizziness!
"Although the method of absorbing electric elements from heaven and earth to proactively temper the liver is remarkably effective, I can endure the immense pain involved."
"But..."
"This near-limit tempering should not be done more than two or three times within a couple of days; it’s practically the limit."
"It’s not just that the mind and body can’t endure it, the liver itself can’t take it either!"
Lin Beichen understood his own physical condition and made his judgment.
And right at this moment.
Suddenly!
He felt a very gentle sensation appear above his liver, seemingly neutralizing the awkward feeling of weakness.
"What’s going on?"
Lin Beichen quickly assessed his liver again and found that the gentle sensation was feedback from the electric elements within his liver.
"So, the electric elements within the liver can nourish the weakened liver?"
Upon this thought, he carefully sensed his liver again and found that the gentle feeling did neutralize the awkwardness of weakness, albeit not very fast nor very slow.
"At this rate, it seems that such near-limit tempering can be done once a day, rather than requiring two or three days."
"But..."
"If I don’t go to such extremes and use appropriate amounts of electric elements from heaven and earth to proactively temper the liver, with this rate of nourishment, I could temper it many times in one day."
"Comparatively..."
"Within a day’s time, the two proactive tempering methods may have similar effects, but the feedback sensation would certainly be much more acceptable with the gentler approach."
Without much hesitation, Lin Beichen decided on his next tempering method.
And at this moment.
He suddenly noticed something important that had been overlooked!
"This nearly fully charged liver..."
"Although it hasn’t fully stored electric elements yet, the current amount of stored electric elements already exceeds the previous fully charged state."
At that moment, Lin Beichen had the answer to a lingering question—is tempering the liver capable of increasing its capacity for storing electric elements?
The answer is yes!
"So, whether it is the speed at which the liver regenerates electric elements, replenishing the liver’s electric elements, or the liver’s storage capacity for electric elements, improving them is as simple as absorbing electric elements from heaven and earth to temper the liver?"
Lin Beichen had a clear understanding of his future efforts and unconsciously envisioned himself mastering Palm Thunder.
"Work hard!"
After resting for a while and feeling that his liver had improved from being nourished by the inner electric elements, he resumed absorbing the electric elements from heaven and earth.
This time, only a short half-hour.
The electric elements gathered from heaven and earth were just the size of a walnut.
"Temper!"
Lin Beichen controlled the electric elements from heaven and earth to temper his liver.
"Ugh—!!"
Though less painful than before, it was still excruciating!
He sat on a stone bench, clutching his liver, his expression twisted, acknowledging that cultivation was indeed no easy task!
But, the pain brought joy.
Feeling his liver improve despite the pain, he deemed the suffering worthwhile.
After tempering twice more, he felt he had reached his limit for the day and decided to continue tomorrow, understanding the principle of moderation long before.
However, upon waking the next day, he was shocked.
"Huh?"
"Where are the electric elements?"
Lin Beichen was not puzzled by the electric elements within his liver but by those in heaven and earth.
He found that while electric elements still existed in heaven and earth, their quantity was vastly different from yesterday. If one could easily gather ten points of electric elements yesterday, today it amounted to only two or three points, completely different levels.
"It seems last night’s hypothesis was not rigorous."
"Electric elements are most abundant during thunderstorms, but they exist on non-thunderstorm days as well, just much thinner."
"Previously, without realizing the existence of electric elements in heaven and earth, I passively sensed their presence during thunderstorms due to their abundance, whereas on regular days, their thinness prevented any sensation."
Lin Beichen quickly refined his hypothesis and understood the pattern of the electric elements in heaven and earth.
He did not abandon the idea of continuing tempering his liver today.
"Although the electric elements in heaven and earth are not as abundant as yesterday, they are not nonexistent."
When Lin Beichen reached his secret spot and began tempering, he confirmed his thoughts—the electric elements in heaven and earth were still present.
However...
Absorbing the electric elements from heaven and earth was much harder than yesterday.
Yesterday, it took only half an hour to gather a walnut-sized amount; today, almost two hours.
From morning till evening, he barely had any idle time and managed to temper his liver only a few times.
Purely efficiency over effectiveness!
"Tempering the liver is most efficient during thunderstorms!"
Lin Beichen understood this principle clearly but did not think of giving up on tempering his liver regularly; it was just less efficient, not impossible.
However, his thoughts changed over the next few days.
The following days were all clear and scorching!
He felt the electric elements in heaven and earth thinning daily, making it challenging to temper his liver two or three times a day!
"So, if there is no thunderstorm for an extended period, will the electric elements eventually dilute and become nonexistent in a region?"
"Judging by this trend..."
"If the Imperial Capital remains dry for another half month, the electric elements in heaven and earth will completely disappear."
With a mindset of valuing every opportunity, Lin Beichen tried to temper his liver daily.
Until Saturday.
He woke up feeling a surge of rich electric elements in heaven and earth.
"Is today a thunderstorm day?"
He quickly got up and looked out the window.
The skies were gloomy, light rain pattered down, and slender lightning occasionally flashed across the dark gray sky.
At this moment, Liang Dong’s voice rang out.
"What’s up, Beichen?"
Liang Dong came out of the bathroom, looked at Lin Beichen peeking outside from the upper bunk, and remarked, "Overslept and running late for a meetup with high school friends?"
